Our “Horses Needing Homes” Service

We provide our “Horses Needing Homes” web page in an effort to help people looking to re-home their horses. The horses on this page are not Equamore horses. They are horses whose owners contacted us for assistance, but whose horses were not taken into our Sanctuary. We have not made any independent inquiry into the horses’ descriptions or conditions.

Please contact the person listed in each post if you are interested in a particular horse.

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Equamore Foundation does not adopt out horses and allows for foster care only after interviewing prospective foster caregivers. Most Equamore horses live out the remainder of their lives at our sanctuary. Because many of them have suffered acutely from neglect or abuse, once they find sanctuary and safety, it would break their hearts to send them away.

My name is Kim and I’m 56 years old. My best friend for fifteen plus years has left me unexpectedly, I’m heart broke. Looking for the well trained dressage event horse that needs to be retired, can trail ride, lite riding and lots of love for right horse. Permanent home. Big farm, lots trails, indoor and well taken care of property.

We are sorry for your loss. We do not adopt out Equamore horses – our facility is a permanent sanctuary. Occasionally someone will ask us to post a horse that they are seeking a home for on our “Horses Needing Homes” page. you might keep checking there, and if one comes up, the contact information for the owner will be in the post itself.

Im wondering why Equamore does not adopt some of these horses out? Some of us are looking for nice ponies for grandchildren and sweet older horses to spend time with but not necessarily ride. It would seem to make sense for these horses to have families. Also it seems to make financial sense, you have obviously built a beautiful facility. But at some point you must run out of room.? Just really curious.

Thank you for your question. As you probably know, there are a variety of organizations that provide rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming services for unwanted horses. We are grateful for these organizations – they offer horses at least another chance for a decent life. However, these groups face a couple of difficulties as most will willingly share.

First, some horses by reason of temperament or physical condition are simply not adoptable. We have some of those from other rescues at our Sanctuary.
Second, failed adoptions are frequent. Many horses that have been abused or neglected have deep emotional scars that need time – sometimes years – to heal, and they invariably disappoint their new owners. The last horse adopted by Equamore over 10 years ago was an Arab mare who was beautiful, rideable and gentle. She was returned twice. She simply did not have the emotional resources to please her new owners. A magnificent horse that we assisted in rescuing several years ago was loved and trained by another organization for nearly 2 years before being placed. That horse recently needed to be rescued again.

We made the decision to stop the practice of adopting horses. Each horse we take has our commitment that it will be cared for for the rest of its life in a kind and safe environment, and that the deep relationships they develop with people and other Equamore horses will not be disrupted. In short, we remove them from the system that has already failed them, often repeatedly. This makes our decisions about what horses to accept really difficult due the space and monetary limitations you note. We take horses that we believe literally have no alternative for life but real sanctuary.

Do you have a facility to keep these ponies and horses or would you be boarding them?

WE ARE FEEDING A HORSE WHOSE OWNERS HAVE BOTH DIED, THE LAST, AUGUST 2018. WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN MY BOYFRIEND, WHO CAN’T AFFORD TO FEED THE HORSE ANYMORE AND IS CONVINCED THAT THE HORSE MUST BE EUTHANIZED.

THE OWNER’S SON LIVES IN CALIFORNIA…AND WILL “DISPOSE” OF WISHES.
WISHES IS A SWEET HORSE @25 YRS. HE EATS APPLES FROM MY HAND…AND IS SMART. I DON’T WANT MY BOYFRIEND TO PUT THE HORSE TO SLEEP. IF I CAN FIND AN ALTERNATIVE PERHAPS THE NEIGHBOR’S SON WILL ALLOW THE HORSE TO LIVE. I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, AND MY BOYFRIEND IS IN ROGUE RIVER. HE DOESN’T HAVE A BARN, SO THE END IS NEAR FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL…UNLESS I CAN FIND A SANCTUARY FOR WISHES, WHERE HE CAN LIVE UNTIL THE END OF HIS NATURAL LIFE.

Sadly we receive communications like this one almost daily (20 horses in the last 32 days.)
Hopefully you will keep trying until Wishes finds a forever home. We are currently over full here and I do not know of any potential homes. Maybe you can convince you boyfriend and the owner’s son to have some compassion and give you time to locate a place for Wishes.

Please send me a photo and a complete description and I will get the word out about Wishes dilemma.